What kind of defense does Cortland St employ as their base

Cortland State I believe is only ranked around 79 in rushing defense this year which is the only year that matters

Sacks do matter but how do you get sacks against a team that does not pass. Also I believe Springfield was without Jackson their number 1 fullback.  

Pics and sacks don't matter against Springfield they don't hardly pass

 Anyone heard if the Prides fullback Jackson is gonna be ready for the game. I know he left last weeks game with a tender ankle. Gonna be a little tougher to run that option if the big guy isn't able to power the inside running game. SJF will be able to key on Sharpe if that happens.  

I agree that fielding a jv team would help develop and uncover talent for nefc teams. The only problem might be the number of players on the teams. I have one son who plays football at Salve where the total number pf players is 61. My other son plays at Springfield where the total number pf players is 132. Both are freshman but the jv team at Springfield allows one of them to get playing time where he can learn the schemes and calls while developing hopefully into a productive varsity player. Salve on the other hand does not field the numbers to allow them to have a jv team. Well I guess they could but a few injuries would put an end to it. Some of the better teams might get the numbers like Curry,Endicott, Bridgewater etc. but I don't know about the rest. I guess its a catch 22 situation where the successful teams have more players because they win which in turn allows them to develop these players on jv teams or at the very least gives them more of a talent pool to draw from.  One more thing I do agree with waggle09 in that nefc teams need to schedule more out of conference games which I think will make the league more competitive down the road.     

I have seen both Endicott and Curry this year while watching Salve Regina play them. Both teams beat us up pretty bad. Endicott was just getting their top runner back so he only had a few carries although they did not need him against us. That game was about 3 weeks ago so he is probably back to full speed. Endicott in my opinion is more balanced offensively than Curry which tends to run more power taking advantage of their size on the o-line. We had a little more success offensively against Endicott than Curry.
Although we hung with Curry for a half until their size and the fact our defense was on the field for the majority of the half did us in I believe Curry will be able to control the ball keeping the Endicott crowd out of the game and eventually their size will win out. Endicott is a good team and their non-conference schedule was tougher than Currys but we turned the ball over 5 times against them and hurt ourselves. We ran almost twice as many offensive plays against Endicott than Curry and had our best showing of the year rushing the ball against them. Some of the stats may be skewed due to the fact Endicott started putting their 2s in the game but I still believe Curry will win a tough close game. 

Thanks D3

Thank you D3 fan. I did see where Framingham State finished either near or at the bottom of the league last year so I am tempering my expectations because of that. But from what I have seen about the coach,I have met him a few times, and what I heard in the stands at the scrimmage about how he seems to be more involved than previous years gives me cause for optimism. This is not a slight toward previous coaching because this is the first full time head coach at Salve which means he has more time to devote to the program. I do believe there will be growing pains with this new offense especially if the running game does not improve but defensively I think we will be ok. I just think that the attitude seems upbeat despite the recent lean years . Of course the games have not started so it will be interesting to see how we respond to adversity which I am sure will come early. I understand our 1st. game is against a team, Suny Maritime, whose program is still in its infancy so we should have some success. I  can't wait for the game with the forecast being for nice weather and the chance to see my son play. I have to start cutting down the size of my posts or get more free time. lol   

Hey everyone first ever post. I have just started to become interested in d3 football because I have 2 sons who have started college and are playing .One goes to Springfield and the other plays for Salve Regina. This post centers on Salve. I am really impressed with the new head coach Chris Robertson. He has brought enthusiasm and passion. He has scrapped the old offense which I believe was the wing-t and replaced it with a spread offense. At the recent scrimmage against Framingham State the offense had some good moments although running out of this formation left e little to be desired. Defense looked good with some notable nose tackle play. I believe we will be competitive this year although our win total may not reflect it.